This international production, an adaptation of the novella that is described as “a theatrical experience with musical elements,” will run for five months.
An international stage spectacle, adapted from “The Little Prince” and combining elements of acrobatics and dance, is planning a five-month run inside a Broadway theater next year.
The show, called “The Little Prince,” is the creation of the director and choreographer Anne Tournié, and had previous runs in Paris, Dubai and Sydney. It is scheduled to start performances March 4 at the 1,760-seat Broadway Theater, and to run until Aug. 14.
The production is not a traditional play or musical, but a show that uses dance and circus arts, along with video projections, to retell the story of “The Little Prince,” an enduringly popular 1943 novella, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, about a young boy from another planet who visits Earth and tells his story to a marooned airman.
A spokeswoman described the production as “a theatrical experience with musical elements,” and said it would be up to the Tony administration committee to determine whether it is a play or musical eligible to compete for awards or not. The show has a libretto by Chris Mouron, who also appears in the show as the narrator, and music by Terry Truck.
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